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Update:<\/strong> SAS 70 reports only on controls related to financial reporting. If you need assurance of controls directly related to data centers, including privacy, security and availability, look for a SOC 2 report<\/a>.
\nSAS 70 was replaced by SSAE 16 in June 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span>Online Tech and UHY team up for a repeat performance on How to Survive a SAS-70 Audit<\/span><\/h4>\n

<\/span>You Don’t Need to Fight the SAS-70 Audit<\/span><\/h3>\n

Online Tech & UHY have partnered for a seminar for CIOs and IT Directors<\/a> of publicly held companies or firms servicing publicly held companies on how to survive a SAS-70 Audit.<\/p>\n

SAS-70 is a nationally recognized audit standard for evaluating process and security control procedures across the data center. A SAS-70 audit is done by a CPA firm and a data security expert with experience in data center and network security.<\/p>\n

Certain types of data, by regulation, require a SAS-70 audit. Specifically, Sarbanes-Oxley calls for testing of internal IT controls that relate to financial reporting, even for outsourced IT functions. HIPAA also has specific data handling controls that can be confirmed with a SAS-70 audit report. PCI and CISP compliance can be more easily accomplished by starting with a SAS-70 audit.<\/p>\n

Online Tech has successfully thrived through a number of SAS-70 audits. They recently completed an audit on all their data centers and have assisted a number of colocation and dedicated server clients survive their own SAS-70 audits. It\u2019s these experiences from both the auditee and the service provider\u2019s perspective that has helped identify the five key elements for not only surviving a SAS-70 audit, but thriving as a result of the audit.<\/p>\n

Join Yan Ness, Chief Executive Officer of Online Tech and Angela McBride, Principal, UHY, LLP in sharing with you the “auditee” and the “auditor” view of the SAS-70 audit process and tips for successfully surviving the audit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update: SAS 70 reports only on controls related to financial reporting. If you need assurance of controls directly related to data centers, including privacy, security and availability, look for a SOC 2 report. SAS 70 was replaced by SSAE 16 in June 2011. Online Tech and UHY team up for a repeat performance on How to Survive a SAS-70 Audit You Don’t Need to Fight the SAS-70 Audit Online Tech & UHY have partnered for a seminar for CIOs and IT Directors of publicly held companies or firms servicing publicly held companies on how to survive a SAS-70 Audit. SAS-70 is a nationally recognized audit standard for evaluating process and security control procedures across the data center. A SAS-70 audit is done by a CPA firm and a data security expert with experience in data center and network security. Certain types of data, by regulation, require a SAS-70 audit. Specifically, Sarbanes-Oxley calls for testing of internal IT controls that relate to financial reporting, even for outsourced IT functions. HIPAA also has specific data handling controls that can be confirmed with a SAS-70 audit report. PCI and CISP compliance can be more easily accomplished by starting with a SAS-70 audit. 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